Tom Kennedy
ActingFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tom Kennedy (July 15, 1885 – October 6, 1965) was an American actor known for his roles in Hollywood comedies from the silent days, with such producers as Mack Sennett and Hal Roach, mainly supporting lead comedians such as the Marx Brothers, W. C. Fields, Mabel Normand, Shemp Howard, Laurel and Hardy, and the Three Stooges. Kennedy also played dramatic roles as a supporting actor. For over 50 years, from 1915 to 1965, he appeared in over 320 films and television series, often uncredited. His first film was a short black and white comedy, His Luckless Love. Kennedy was in all nine Torchy Blane films as Gahagan, the poetry-spouting cop whose running line was, "What a day! What a day!" He is often erroneously listed in film sources as the brother of slow-burning comedian Edgar Kennedy. Though the two men were not related, they were apparently good friends, with Tom appearing in many of Edgar's domestic two-reel comedy shorts. Tom Kennedy was also paired with Stooge Shemp Howard for several shorts for Columbia Pictures such as Society Mugs, as well as appearing with the Three Stooges in the films Loose Loot and Spooks!. He was also paired with El Brendel for four shorts, such as Phoney Cronies in 1942. His television appearances included episodes of Perry Mason, Maverick, My Favorite Martian, and Gunsmoke. Tom Kennedy continued making films right up until his death, his last film being the western The Bounty Killer.
Known For
Some Like It Hot
Bouncer (uncredited)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Traffic Cop (uncredited)
42nd Street
Slim Murphy (uncredited)
The Princess and the Pirate
Alonzo
Remember the Night
'Fat' Mike
The Scarf
Asylum Inmate
The Paleface
Bartender
Danger on the Air
Hotel Doorman (Uncredited)
If I Had a Million
Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)
Dixie Dugan
Sergeant (uncredited)
Filmography — Acting
Some Like It Hot
Bouncer (uncredited)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Traffic Cop (uncredited)
42nd Street
Slim Murphy (uncredited)
The Princess and the Pirate
Alonzo
Remember the Night
'Fat' Mike
The Scarf
Asylum Inmate
The Paleface
Bartender
Danger on the Air
Hotel Doorman (Uncredited)
If I Had a Million
Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)
Dixie Dugan
Sergeant (uncredited)
She Couldn't Take It
Slugs
She Done Him Wrong
Big Bill - Bartender (uncredited)
True to Life
Customer (uncredited)
Magic Town
Moving Man (uncredited)
Walk Like a Dragon
Jethro the Bartender
Pack Up Your Troubles
Recruiting Sergeant
Flowing Gold
Petunia
Slave Ship
Bartender
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
Gahagan
Monkey Business
Gibson
Huddle
Moving Man (uncredited)
Penthouse
Joe (uncredited)
Stage Door Canteen
Tom Kennedy
The Fall Guy
Detective Burke
Skyscraper Souls
Masseur
Big News
Officer Ryan
The Kid from Brooklyn
Referee #1 (uncredited)
Mantrap
Curly Evans
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
Joe the Villa Luigi Bartender
Broadway
Kerry (uncredited)
Riding High
Racetrack Mug (uncredited)
Blondie Johnson
Hype (uncredited)
So's Your Uncle
Cop
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Jim Magooney
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Det. Sgt. Gahagan
Voice of the Whistler
Ferdinand / Hammerlock
The Mighty McGurk
Bruiser (uncredited)
Invasion, U.S.A.
Tim, Bartender
Jinx Money
Officer Rooney
Poppy
Hot Dog Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
Hollywood Party
Beavers (uncredited)
The Pretender
Fingers Murdock
The Bride Comes Home
Husky Thug at Party (uncredited)
Butch Minds the Baby
Philly the Weeper
Square Dance Jubilee
Bartender Tom
Blondie's Blessed Event
Motorcycle Cop Who Names The Baby 'Cookie' (uncredited)
Ladies' Day
Dugan
Caught
Jard Harmon
Blonde Alibi
Policeman Clancy (Uncredited)
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Sheriff Judson
Thieves Fall Out
Cabbie
Triple Trouble
Third Convict Calling Out from Cell
Iron Man
Bartender (uncredited)
An Angel from Texas
Chopper
And the Angels Sing
Potatoes
Breakdowns of 1938
Gagahan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wise Girl
Detective
He Couldn't Say No
Dimples
Behind The Headlines
Tiny
Young as You Feel
Colorado Detective
The Best Bad Man
Dan Ellis
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
The Town Went Wild
Policeman
Pop Always Pays
Murphy
Crime Ring
Dummy
The Country Doctor
Logger (uncredited)
She Had to Eat
Pete
The Bounty Killer
Waiter
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Cabbie
Blondes at Work
Gahagan
Old Man Rhythm
Campus Guard
Glad Rag Doll
Manager
Public Pigeon No. 1
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Down to Their Last Yacht
Joe 'Uncle Ed' Schultz (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
Bouncer at Pago Pago
The Big Shot
Bugs
Curtain Call
Masseur
Happy Days
Doorman (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
American General (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out
Jack (Court Receptionist) (uncredited)
Dangerous Years
Mr. Adamson
Hit Parade of 1943
Westinghouse
Devil's Cargo
Naga, Mug Who Tails Delgado
Man of the Forest
Sheriff
Man of the Forest
Sheriff Blake
Flying High
Jokester with Firecrackers (uncredited)
These Glamour Girls
Joy Lane Manager (uncredited)
Smart Blonde
Gahagan
Moonlight and Cactus
Lucky
Night After Night
Tom
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Gahagan
His Bitter Pill
Dan's Henchman
The Cop
Sergeant Coughlin
Dixie
Barkeeper (uncredited)
The Devil Is Driving
Fritz (uncredited)
Marry the Girl
Jasper
Torchy Gets Her Man
Gahagan
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Self (from Mantrap [1926]) (archive footage)
Serenade
Zambrano
Society Lawyer
Alf
Living on Love
Pete Ryan
The Great Swindle
Capper Smith
The Day the Bookies Wept
Pinky Brophy
Cross Fire
French Bouncer (uncredited)
Day of Reckoning
Furniture Mover
The Girl in the Case
Watchman (uncredited)
Loving Lies
Captain Lindstrom
The Man Who Walked Alone
Officer #1
Armored Car
Tiny
The Big Game
Fan in Stands
Varsity Show
Policeman (uncredited)
Thunder in the Pines
Josh, the Station Master
The Shannons of Broadway
Burt
Forty Naughty Girls
Detective Casey
Strictly Dynamite
Junior
The Officer and the Lady
Bumps O'Neil
The Adventurous Blonde
Detective Gahagan
Let's Go Navy!
Officer Donovan
The Hat Box Mystery
Policeman Murphy
Lawyer Man
Jake - the Ice Man (uncredited)
Married Before Breakfast
Mr. Baglipp
Angels with Broken Wings
Gus
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Lefty
It Pays to Advertise
Perkins
Fly Away Baby
Gahagan
Kismet
Kutayt
Loose Loot
Joe
Wives Never Know
Bartender (uncredited)
Thirst
Man in Employment Agency (uncredited)
Born to the West
Dinkey Hooley
Mickey
Tom Rawlings
Quiet, Please
Gorilla Stand-In Max Imhof
Man Alive
Bartender (uncredited)
Society Mugs
Tom
Crashing Hollywood
Al
Torchy Blane in Panama
Detective Gahagan
Pardon My Stripes
Casino
That Night
The Proprietor's Henchman
The Long Shot
Mike Claurens
Here Comes Elmer
Johnson
The Mutineers
Butch
Sporting Blood
Grantly
The Crooked Circle
Mike, the policeman
Behind the Front
Sergeant
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
Man Who Discovers Hat
Cupid's Day Off
Gambling House Operator
Double Trouble
Judge Blodgett
We're in the Navy Now
Sailor Percival Scruggs
The Burning Cross
Police Station Sergeant
The Covered Trailer
Otto
Spooks!
Mr. Hyde
Wife Savers
General Lavoris
Havana Rose
House Detective
The Case of the Baby-Sitter
Officer Murphy
Hook a Crook
I. Katchum (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alibi Bye Bye
Snoops, the house dick
Fraidy Cat
I. Katchum (uncredited)
As Man Desires
Gorilla Bagsley
Campus Rhythm
Police Sergeant
Go Chase Yourself
Icebox
Gold Fever
Big Tom
Alias The Deacon
Bull Moran
Millionaire Playboy
Tom Murphy
Petticoat Larceny
Pinky
Sailors on Leave
Dugan
Making the Headlines
Police Sergeant Handley
Fireman, Save My Child
Capt. Kennedy
The Better 'Ole
The Blacksmith (uncredited)
Trouble Preferred
Night Watchman (uncredited)
Where the Pest Begins
Jonathan Batts
The Gang Buster
'Gopher' Brant
Taxi, Mister
Kennedy
None But the Brave
Noah
The Yankee Señor
Luke Martin
Wedtime Stories
House Detective
See America Thirst
'Shivering' Smith
The Flirt
Sam Fenton
Two Crooks
The Detective
New News
Tom Kennedy
Hold 'Em Yale
Detective
The Pullman Bride
Oklahoma Pete - a Bandit
If You Believe It, It's So
Bartender
Her Torpedoed Love
Roy Mulligan the Hobo / The False Minister
Swing It, Sailor!
Policeman
Horse Heir
Whose Baby?
The Fake Minister
Skirts
Senorita
Oliveros Gaucho (uncredited)
Sock Me to Sleep
Battling McGee
Take It Big
Moving Man (uncredited)
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
The Burglar
Her First Kiss
Radio Rampage
Mr. Thompson
Ham and Eggs at the Front
Lazarus
The Awful Sleuth
Pinky
So's Your Antenna
Silver Valley
'Hayfever' Hawkins
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
The Mysterious Rider
Lem Spooner
Man-I-Cured
House Detective, Maizie's Boy Friend
The Island of Intrigue
Jackson, the butler
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
Tom
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Property Man
Raised and Called
Suits to Nuts
Client
Full o' Pep
Cutie on Duty
Rocky
The Egg
The Boss
The Dancing Millionaire
Crusher McGee
The Late Lamented
The Model's Brother
Our Leading Citizen
Boots
Gobs of Trouble
Midnight Blunders
Tom
The Promoter
Burke
Fish Feathers
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
Crook
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Police Detective Lt. Kerrigan
Home Work
Stage Frights
Pretty Dolly
Gus
Marked Money
Bill Clemons
Sunless Sunday
Grandma's Buoys
Tom
Love Over Night
Detective
Fiddling Around
Tom Kennedy
Sir Lumberjack
Bill Blake
The Poor Simp
Jim Donnelly
Hip Zip Hooray
The Prisoner
A Schoolhouse Scandal
Gum Shoes
The Speeder
Jiggers, My Wife
Joe
Motor Maniacs
Mother's Suitor
The Flaming Hour
Ben
The Boudoir Butler
Dr. Quigley - Slipper's Accomplice
Oh, My Nerves
How Comedies Are Born
Tom
Cracked Shots
Tom 'Pinky' Kennedy
Lighthouse Love
The Marine Sergeant
Lighthouse Love
The Marine Sergeant
Home Work
Repairman
Free Rent
Mr. Kennedy
Bury the Hatchet
Tom
Phoney Cronies
Tom
Calling All Curtains
Unlucky Strike
Halfway to Hollywood
Tom